FINALLY Paris - Roubaix 2021 **spoilers**

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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,698
    Yup, MvdP back in G2, 1m13 behind, 33 to go
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    its a smart ride but i detest the guy
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    MvdP riding like Sep.

    Remember Boonen saying he knew he was fast on the cobbles so when he was solo he would ride within himself on the cobbles and gas it on the flat.
    _
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Only two stars this but looks more slippery than most.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Wtf happened to the gap?!
    _
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Good save.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    i hope that timer is right
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,698
    edited October 2021
    ooooh, time gap chaos

    Edit - back to 1m ~15
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    rick_chasey said:

    Wtf happened to the gap?!

    45 now.

    To your point about gassing on the cobbles - commentator says do the opposite. Gas on cobbles as time differential likely to be greater
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    ddraver said:

    ooooh, time gap chaos

    Edit - back to 1m ~15

    dam
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    mididoctors said:

    i hope that timer is right

    Meh like him or not if he wins this it's well deserved.
  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    Or not
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Puncture for Moscon
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,698
    edited October 2021
    Picture of WvA on the front of the 'peloton looking comical.

    Puncture for Moscon - where is the car??
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Midi Doctors seen leaving the area with an empty box of tacks.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    yes......die tyre
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    edited October 2021
    Moscon puncture.

    High pressure - figuratively
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  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    F***k
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Fast change. Mechanic earned himself a beer
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Quick swap
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,698
    About as good a change as possible
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,698
    edited October 2021
    Gap now really is down to 45s

    28.5 to go
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Clock drops to 46", should give hope behind.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Gap to 45s with that puncture

    Group not working fantastically
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    That minute gap was crucial - meant the car was there for him!!!
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Van Aert seems to have pulled a smaller group clear
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    edited October 2021
    LOL.. if he hangs on he clearly is the strongest on the day. he (knarven) rode a clever race
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    Sicheration
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    edited October 2021
    Moscon crash.

    Saves us from interminable chat about drivetrain efficiency on the call at 26km to go
    _
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    moscon down
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm

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